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The China question is tearing biotech apart
9+ hour, 14+ min ago (168+ words) Garde, who has covered biotech for nearly 15 years, spoke with more than a dozen investors, entrepreneurs, and industry leaders about how China has caused a rift between peers and partners. There's a schism in America's drug business, playing out in…...
Patient autonomy" has nothing to do with childhood vaccine policies
2+ hour, 5+ min ago (503+ words) By Adam W. Gaffney That same month, Trump's new head of the federal government's vaccine panel opined that all childhood vaccines might be optional in schools on similar reasoning: "What we are doing is returning individual autonomy to the first order,…...
5 steps to restore credibility, trust in CDC vaccine advisory committee | STAT
2+ hour, 5+ min ago (462+ words) By Jesse L. Goodman The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) is responsible for developing recommendations for the use of licensed vaccines in the U. S. and has vast influence on immunization practices and financing. But in the past year its members were…...
U. K. advocacy groups threaten court action over a key provision in the pharma trade deal with the U. S.
11+ hour, 34+ min ago (296+ words) Ed Silverman is a senior writer and Pharmalot columnist at STAT, and has covered the pharmaceutical industry for three decades. Prior to joining STAT at its founding in 2015, he worked at The Wall Street Journal, The Star-Ledger of New Jersey,…...
In Ebola outbreak, a number of Americans in the Congo believed to have had exposure to suspected cases
12+ hour, 43+ min ago (502+ words) A number of Americans who are in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are believed to have had exposure to suspected cases in the country's latest Ebola outbreak, with several deemed to have had high-risk exposures, sources have told STAT....
When should you get a mammogram? Conflicting advice makes it hard to know
14+ hour, 3+ min ago (953+ words) WASHINGTON " Deciding when to get routine mammograms is confusing. Some health groups recommend women begin at age 40 or 45while another recently opted for age 50. They also differ on whether yearly or every other year is best. The conflicting advice is at…...
Sen. Bill Cassidy loses primary as race heads to run-off in win for Trump
20+ hour, 21+ min ago (203+ words) Bill Cassidy, a key Republican health care leader in the Senate, will lose his seat, as Louisiana's Senate primary heads for a runoff between state treasurer John Fleming and Rep. Julia Letlow, who won President Trump's endorsement. In initial election…...
WHO declares Ebola outbreak an international public health emergency
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (402+ words) The World Health Organization late Saturday declared the outbreak of Ebola that was first seen in the Democratic Republic of the Congo an international public health emergency, underscoring the concern about the spread of the virus as travel-related cases were…...
Trump blasts 'disloyal' Sen. Cassidy while pushing challenger in Louisiana Republican primary
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (989+ words) NEW ORLEANS " U. S. Sen. Bill Cassidy is fighting for his political life in Louisiana's Republican primary on Saturday as he faces'a challenge'backed by President Donald Trump, the latest attempt by the president to purge the party of politicians he views as…...
Marty Makary misunderstood something fundamental about the FDA
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (418+ words) By Joshua M. Sharfstein On Tuesday, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary resigned from his position, leaving a vacancy at the top of the agency to match the turnover already challenging its drug and biologics divisions. But Makary and his…...